Tech Mahindra

Role: Software Engineer | Full Time

College: Not Specified

Interview Date: December 5, 2024

Interview Type: On-Campus (Pool Campus Drive)

Result: Cleared Round 1 (Final Result Not Specified)

Difficulty: Easy to Moderate

Rounds: 5 rounds (Round 1 described)

Topics Asked: Aptitude, English, Essay Writing, Pseudocode, Programming Languages, DSA, Computer Networks, Operating Systems, Personality Test, OOPs, C++, SQL, Projects

Experience:

This was a pool campus drive for a Software Engineer role. A total of 432 students from the college participated in Round 1.

Round 1 (Online Assessment)
The first round consisted of multiple sections:

• Aptitude Test: Basic level questions, easily crackable with 10-15 days of preparation for similar company exams (TCS, Accenture, Cognizant).
• Essay Writing: After the aptitude test, candidates moved to an essay writing round.
• Technical Test: This covered a wide range of topics including Pseudocode, Programming Languages, DSA, Computer Networks, and Operating Systems.
• Personality Test: The final part of Round 1 was a Personality Test with 72 questions.

After the assessment, 99 students cleared Round 1.

Technical Interview (Later Round, specifics not fully detailed for this candidate's journey, but general questions mentioned):
The interviewer discussed college life, asking about favorite subjects and topics studied. Resume discussion involved talking about something not mentioned in the resume (internship experience). The candidate chose DSA and Programming Languages (C++) as confident domains. OOPs questions were basic, and the candidate was asked to write the logic for reversing a number on paper.

Coding Questions (part of an earlier technical assessment or interview):
Two relatively simple coding problems were given, with 45 minutes to solve them:

• Finding the maximum number in an array.
• Counting words and counting spaces in a sentence.

The candidate completed these in about 12-13 minutes.

HR Interview (Later Round, general questions mentioned):
The HR interview focused on assessing the candidate's fit for the company.